The Geopolitics of Venezuela As Carol and I watched a football game, she said, “What do you think about the Venezuelan situation?” It’s a question

Gratitude & Attitude In the New Year I called Bill, one of my oldest friends, to wish him Happy New Year. Almost inevitably, when I

Do Not Try to Be George Steinbrenner George Steinbrenner died in 2010 during a rare one-year lapse in the federal estate tax. Because of that

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Compound Interest & Goal Setting As our semester came to an end, my students at Texas Lutheran University reviewed their investment portfolio. Since inception more

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Becoming A Top 4% Investor Lately, we’ve received a variation of the same call a dozen times. The conversation starts with wanting to know if

Artificial Intelligence, Authentic Wisdom, and the Future of Real Work A couple weeks ago, I flew from Houston to San Francisco and sat next to a dermatologist

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